The item authorizes ceding to Dripping Springs control over 33 acres of Austin ETJ (extra-territorial jurisdiction), which is property the city semi-controls for possible future annexation. The property in question is in Hays County, near U.S. 290 West and Nutty Brown Road. Austin staff members have said the city does not plan to annex the land.

Tabled

The item approves a proposed Meet and Confer agreement with the Austin Police Association. Police have been without a contract for nearly a year, after City Council members rejected a proposed agreement in December 2017, calling it too expensive and lacking some transparency safeguards.